Category Archive: LCS / OCS / Lync

If you are upgrading from Lync Server 2013 to Skype for Business Server 2015. The available disk space will be checked during the “Verifying upgrade readiness…” process. If there is less than 32GB of free disk space an error is displayed and the upgrade process will not begin. Free up disk space and then select …

Up till May 12th the following scenario was always a challenge. I’ll try to explain the scenario.. Organisation A started with Lync Online because they wanted to use Lync tomorrow and might perhaps look into the telephony services Lync can offer. Up till now, Office365 does not offer telephony services. After a period of time, …

In my previous post, I mentioned that Microsoft and Citrix now support Audio/Video with Lync Server 2013 backend. This blog shows how to configure the backe and and deploy the clients. Backend XenApp Make sure you have XenApp 6.x (or higher) deployed. Lync On the backend, we need to define a clientpolicy (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj205204.aspx) to allow …

In Lync Server 2010, quite some customers asked me… what is the status with regards to Lync, Citrix and Audio/Video? We never had a great story… Citrix created a solution and they called in the Lync Optimization Pack and it was released for Lync Server 2010 and XenApp 6.x (http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/technologies/hdx-realtime-optimization-pack-wrapper.html). It consisted of a client …

Last month, I’ve received a mail containing: We are happy to confirm that you have passed your recent Depth Support Engineers assessment for Premier Support for Lync Partners. You are now recognized as a qualified Depth Support Engineer on the premier Support for Lync Partners program. As Microsoft Certificied Master on Lync Server, I helped …

Within Lync you can use in-band provisioning to perform most of the Clientside settings. An overview of these settings can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398300.aspx or for a more friendly blog: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/ However, there are some settings that aren’t available (yet?), therefore I’ve downloaded the default template and documentation from this location: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27217 After reading the …

On October 1st 2011, I received an email that I was rewarded Lync MVP. I felt lucky because within the Netherlands, only two Lync MVP’s exists. Now, a year later, I’ve been told my MVP status is not being renewed. Too bad and I’m hoping I will get rewarded someday. Up till now, I want …

This is an update to entry: Permalink to Lync Administrative template (GPO) Within Lync you can use in-band provisioning to perform most of the Clientside settings. An overview of these settings can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398300.aspx or for a more friendly blog: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/ I’ve now included the option to modify the notify option that can …

There are multiple ways to enable tracing/debugging following the guidelines as stated here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430768.aspx or http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430783 During a training session Brad Owen provided a tip on how to enable SIP tracing on the Exchange UM servers. To enable tracing on the Exchange UM servers, perform the following steps: 1. Open CMD prompt 2.Go to: cd …